Originally Posted by Olivia's Grammy
My female, 5 years old, has started pooping out side of her box. Sometimes right in front of it. I thought maybe she was constipated so I changed cat food brands and give her hairball treats almost every night. She is still pooping out of the box 90% of the time. Fortunatly is on tile floors, but the Emmy is only 5, I don't want to clean up her poop for the next 15 years. Reggie, her brother will eat vasoline and has no problems. I have to fight Emmy to eat vasoline or the hairball stuff in a tube. They each have their own liter boxes which are cleaned every day. Advice??????
My older boy, Oreo, started that at about 12. Turned out that it was because my younger cat used to attack him when he came out of the box. He would pee in the box, that was quick, but poopies took too long and he would get ambushed. His solution was to poop outside the box where he could keep an eye on Tigg.